Tag: pension scheme

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has justified its decision to contribute 1 percent top up to the cocoa farmers’ pension scheme. Per the arrangement, a registered cocoa farmer is required to make 5 ...

Pension benefits amounting to the tune of GH¢234.66 million has been paid by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to some eligible 211,369 SSNIT pensioners as at September ...

Mr. Alhassan Yakubu Fuseini, the Tamale Zonal Manager of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), has revealed that workers need to be educated on how pension schemes work. According to ...

Ecobank Ghana Limited has signed a partnership agreement with People’s Pensions Trust to provide pension services to workers in the informal sector. In view of the terms of the agreement, ...

The Deputy minister-designate for Employment and Labor Relations, Bright Wireko- Brobbey, has intimated that, the ministry will embark on a rigorous education campaign to ensure people enroll unto the pension ...

Mahama Ayariga, the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, has expressed his resolve to advocate for the extension of the compulsory retirement age for public servants and judicial officers from ...

The contributions of  private sector workers’ to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Pension Scheme, posted positive outturns during the third quarter of 2020, compared with what was observed in the same period ...

Austin Gamey, a labour consultant has intimated that current pension payouts are not enough to sustain many pensioners in a rebased economy. These comments follow after the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in ...

The pension benefits of millions of retirees will increase by 10 percent in the year 2021 with immediate effect due to the revision of the monthly pension scheme by the Social Security ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), Mr. Hayford Attah-Krufi has intimated that the government has shown its commitment to encourage more people especially those operating ...